VENTURA STREET CROWNED STREET CRICKET CHAMPIONS

The Ventura Street team from Mitchells Plain took this year’s Sporting Chance Street Cricket League title after a convincing finish against Foreshore Street of Langa at the home of ‘street cricket’, Washington Street in Langa. MEC for Education in the Western Cape, Donald Grant paid a visit to the final and was pleased with the …

STREET CRICKET GETS A BLAST WITH NATIONAL HERO HERSCHELLE GIBBS

If you are in Khayelitsha, Langa or Nyanga on Friday afternoon, then don’t only watch out for flying balls, but get ready to meet with Proteas and Cape Cobras hero, Herschelle Gibbs.   In fine form and on the back of his 102 not out against the Dolphins, Gibbs will be advising, coaching and mentoring …

STREET CRICKET WEEK 4

With Street cricket moving into week 5 the competition is certainly getting exciting. I was out in Macassar and Khayelitsha on Friday 6th November for week four of the Street Cricket League. Macassar only joined the league for the first time this year but there is certainly some great cricket talent and I give fair …

STREET CRICKET WELL ON ITS WAY !!

With summer setting in nicely Friday was the perfect Cape Town day for Street Cricket. The league which is now in its 3rd week is proving to be the highlight of the week in each community with parents, uncles, aunties, grandparents, etc, all coming out to watch these young cricket players compete for the Street …

STREET CRICKET COMPETITION HOTTING UP!

The second week of street cricket is well on its way with the respective regions competing competitively against each other and each team gauging their opposition to see who will be in their way to winning their regional titles.  I was only able to visit Masiphumelele and Ocean View and both regions were filled with …

Street Cricket action comes alive again!

The annual Sporting Chance Street Cricket league got off to a great start last Friday 16th October with the Cape Town weather playing in our favour. The league takes place on the streets of the various communities in and around Cape Town and will involve 12 regions: Khayelitsha, Kwezi, Atlantis, Nyanga, Langa, Gugulethu, Elsies River, …

KELLOGG’S HEALTH OF THE NATION:CAPE TOWN LEG OFF TO GREAT START

The fourth annual Kellogg’s® Health of the Nation 50-hour sports challenge kicked  off on Friday the 18th September at the Western Province Cricket Club in Cape Town. The weekend’s event brought together a total of 3 000 school children to participate in a variety of sports for 50 hours non-stop, aiming to make things fun …